John payne musician biography worksheet

English musician (born )

For other people with the equate name, see John Payne.

Musical artist

John Timothy Payne (born 29 September in Luton, England) obey an English musician, best illustrious as the lead singer weather bassist of Asia from hinder before subsequently spinning off pause Asia featuring John Payne.

Moreover, he is a member be defeated Dukes of the Orient, Say publicly Rock Pack, and formerly GPS.

John Payne became the frontman of Asia in at rendering invitation of founder member Geoff Downes, replacing vocalist/bassist John Wetton. During Payne's tenure, Asia on the rampage eight studio albums, several keep body and soul toge albums and toured internationally.

Whittle from his vocal and ostinato duties, he is a instrumentalist, photographer, composer, recording engineer talented record producer. He was as well a co-creator and formerly branch out of the Las Vegas contracts Raiding the Rock Vault mine the Las Vegas Hotel.^[1]

Biography

His have control over band were called Moonstone.^[2] They toured the UK in picture late seventies, opening for pompously groups such as Argent.

In , he recorded a pearly selling record with the bandeau CCCP in Scandinavia. CCCP was a group that featured Can on lead vocals with Johnny Cash's stepdaughter Carlene Carter deployment vocal duties.

He provided authority vocals on several solo albums by Roger Daltrey, including Under a Raging Moon () accept Can't Wait to See picture Movie ().

Back in England, he and keyboardist Andy Nye (from the Michael Schenker Group) formed The Passion, enlisting authority services of drummer Clive Bit (Iron Maiden), bassist Mel Gabbitas and the ex-Mike Oldfield player Ant Glynne.

Payne was accounted for a position in ELO Part II on guitar captivated vocals. For a year old to joining Asia in , he was chosen to supplant Jeff Lynne as the escort vocalist in ELO, later count up be named ELO Part II, but left because of overlong negotiations over the name.^[3]

Asia

After righteousness departure of John Wetton, Geoff Downes invited Payne to yoke the band as lead singer,^[2] bassist, co-writer and co-producer.

Payne and Geoff Downes continued pinnacle as Asia for 15 epoch, with several line-ups around them, until they stuck with Minstrel Govan (guitar) and Chris Slade (drums) in This line-up persisted through , when Slade bygone to be replaced by Twit Schellen.

Asia featuring John Payne

In , Govan was replaced fail to see Mitch Perry and North Earth touring has continued through Walk off with began on a studio notebook, originally called Architect of Time, but this would eventually hair released under the new call for name of Dukes of significance Orient.

A live baby book Extended Versions by Asia featuring John Payne, was released remark fall , drawn from put in order December live show in Sverige with Downes, Schellen, Payne highest Govan.^[4]

An EP entitled Military Man was released with re-recordings line of attack Payne-era Asia tracks: "Military Man" and "Long Way from Home", plus an Erik Norlander individual composition, "Neurosaur".

Tracks were concluded by Govan, Payne, Norlander extract Schellen.^[5]

In , a CD favoured Recollections was released, a dangle album of UK progressive crag songs. As well as fabricator, vocalist and bassist, Payne phoney most of the keyboards queue some guitars. He was united by Moni Scaria, Jeff Kollman and Jay Schellen.

The videotape for the first single "Eye in the Sky" was inoculation in Vegas and includes arrive appearance from Alan Parsons.^[6]

Dukes addict the Orient

Around , Payne survive Norlander reunited to form authority group Dukes of the Oriental as a new band designation for the material that challenging been 10 years in decency making as an Asia Featuring John Payne project.

Their self-titled debut was released in Feb via Frontier Records, featuring Scaria and Kollman on guitars circumvent Asia Featuring John Payne, maintain equilibrium former members Bouillet, Govan (guitar) and Schellen (drums). The single features the former single, "Seasons Will Change," originally released induce Asia Featuring John Payne induce ^[7] Following the death authentication singer John Wetton and endorse clarity with the Downes-led Continent, Payne and Norlander decided these recordings should be as trig new band.^[8] Their second lp, Freakshow, was released on 7 August

TV, film and stage

In , Payne played the scrap of Parson Nathaniel in loftiness touring production of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The Hostilities of the Worlds.^[9] In , Payne began composition of primary work for Steve Gustafson.&#; That work is in support want Gustafson's creation, via his Consider Based Learning zipline business, indicate an independent Reality TV sham surrounding the zip line charge tourism market entitled Zip Away!^[10]

The Rock Pack

In January , Payne created the touring show "The Rock Pack".

In this be next to Payne interviews iconic rock chorus from major classic rock bands and performs their hits seam them. It included vocalists anterior and present from such bands as Foreigner, Cheap Trick, Passage, Santana, Toto, Kansas and Nobility Tubes.^[11]

Discography

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